Perhaps not the wildlife photograph of the year……

[Colin HeseltineParticipant @colinheseltine48622]

Both cats are regularly wormed and de-flea'd.

[Nick WheelerParticipant @nickwheeler]

One of our cats has recently become a successful hunter of pork chops….

[SamsarandaParticipant @samsaranda]

Nicholas, which area of the UK has free ranging pork chops? 😳. Dave W

[Swarf, Mostly!Participant @swarfmostly]

Posted by vic newey on 11/08/2022 17:35:55:

Trouble is they usually end up getting worms from eating their catch, we had a neighbour once whose cat was either vomiting hair worms or had tape worms on it's backside or sometimes both. It was a friendly cat that spent time around us. They never bothered to treat the cat so we got some tablets and sorted the poor thing out ourselves.

I have great admiration for anyone who can get a worming tablet down a cat.

Our cat has emergency exit ports that form in his cheeks when required. That's 'required' by him, not by us.

At his recent annual check-up, the vet successfully got a worming tablet down him but, several years ago, even the senior vet needed several attempts and even then had to call for a second tablet after the first one got lost on the consulting room floor.

Best regards,

Swarf, Mostly!

Edited By Swarf, Mostly! on 11/08/2022 19:11:15

[SamsarandaParticipant @samsaranda]

We had a similar cat many years ago, when in the vets and any tablets had to be administered it was out with the thick leather gauntlets and she became a fearsome monster, at home as placid as could be and very loving. Dave W

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Hi, reading a post in the current water thread, Derek Hall 1 mentioned Denver Sluice on the river Great Ouse, which reminded me of these two photos I took during the time we were installing an eel pass for the firm I was working for in 2010.

Apparently these birds normally made their nests in rushes, reeds or clumps of grass and mostly made of dry reeds, but they did choose a spot above the water line at least.

Regards Nick.

Edited By Nicholas Farr on 13/08/2022 23:08:50

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

Posted by Swarf, Mostly! on 11/08/2022 19:10:44:

Posted by vic newey on 11/08/2022 17:35:55:

Trouble is they usually end up getting worms from eating their catch, we had a neighbour once whose cat was either vomiting hair worms or had tape worms on it's backside or sometimes both. It was a friendly cat that spent time around us. They never bothered to treat the cat so we got some tablets and sorted the poor thing out ourselves.

I have great admiration for anyone who can get a worming tablet down a cat.

Our cat has emergency exit ports that form in his cheeks when required. That's 'required' by him, not by us.

At his recent annual check-up, the vet successfully got a worming tablet down him but, several years ago, even the senior vet needed several attempts and even then had to call for a second tablet after the first one got lost on the consulting room floor.

Best regards,

Swarf, Mostly!

Edited By Swarf, Mostly! on 11/08/2022 19:11:15

LOL indeed. I had a device like a ball-point pen with a spring-loaded claw on the end that held the pill and fired it down the cat's throat at the push of the button on t'other end. Simples in theory. But holding the cat's mouth open and getting the "gun" in behind his tongue for a straight shot down the gullet, well a different story! Especially without losing any skin or raising blood (mine).

And he got cunning enough to hold the pill in his mouth for very many minutes before discreetly depositing it behind the couch after the fuss was all over.

Edited By Hopper on 14/08/2022 11:04:44

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